Sonny Barry Passing

[wulfgeat]

I was looking for his website and I came across this:

https://www.ancscremation.com/obituary/sonny-barry

This makes me sad.

[wulfgeat]

I never met Sonny, but hoped I might meet him one day. His videos have and will continue to inspire me to greater things. May you rest in peace Sonny.

[dean_redzic]

Had no idea who he was, but found this impressive video: https://youtu.be/FpJtNqOFEAU?si=xqkn8OvLq4DYQF5A

[wulfgeat]

6 hours ago, dean_redzic said:

Had no idea who he was, but found this impressive video: https://youtu.be/FpJtNqOFEAU?si=xqkn8OvLq4DYQF5A

That is exactly what happened to me 11 years ago. Didn't know who he was, came across a video of him at one of the AOBS dinners, and looked him up. I had my mind blown so many times.

 

Like in that video, he starts the horseshoe bend unbraced, and bends an 8 inch crescent double underhand 🤯

 

I remember there were several times I was trying figure out what something was (like the mighty atom bend) and the first informative thing I could find would be him doing said thing.

 

The video that most blew my mind was him bending a ~3-3.5 inch 3/8 inch thick carriage bolt between his legs with compression strength 😱. . .

 

I'm sad I'll never get to meet him. Truly a scary strong man.

[Blacksmith513]

What an outright animal. And sounds like he was good at everything he put his hands on, steel, people, instruments.   

 

RIP Sonny

[wulfgeat]

You can see him lever a 20lb sledge on the second page of the sledgehammer levering. David Wigren also had some things to say.

 

 

[wulfgeat]

Here's the link for the Lever, and you can read what Londonjoseph has to say:

 

[Londonjoseph]

It is sad to hear Sonny Barry has passed. 

He was legitimately strong, and very open about what he could or couldn't do. That is a rare trait among performers. 

Like David said, there isn't a reason to have some mystery around what your best is if you're actually strong! 

[Jedd Johnson]

Man, that is really a shame.

[David_wigren]

Very sad to hear this. He would post and visit from time to time back on the old Benders battlefield forum. He was a kind and respectful person. And incredibly strong, even though he was well into his 60’s back then. 

[Blacksmith513]

28 minutes ago, David_wigren said:

Very sad to hear this. He would post and visit from time to time back on the old Benders battlefield forum. He was a kind and respectful person. And incredibly strong, even though he was well into his 60’s back then. 

Sonny is exactly what I want to be in 30plus years.  That is strength that’s built over a life time
 

plus he backed Chubby Checker. I wonder if he showed him his version of  the “Twist” twisting open a horse shoe